ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,237, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).
"Breathing protector" was invented by Peter Jennfors (Malmo, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breathing protector for use in a stoma of a laryngectomized or tracheotomised person is described. The breathing protector includes at least one inlet, at least one outlet, a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) and an air filter, such that an air flow will pass through the HME and the air filter when the air flow passes through the inlet to the outlet. A housing is provided with an upper part and a lower part. According to an example, the inlet is provided in the ...